"Great Souls exist, and exist entirely to serve Their fellow men. ...They are coming forth for the salvation of the world.”

The Externalisation of the Hierarchy,
A.. A. Bailey, p. 515

Born in Belgium in 1923 and raised in the Alsace-Lorraine region in France, Robert Muller experienced constant political and cultural turmoil during his youth. His grandparents had five successive nationalities (French, German, French, German, French) without leaving their village, as a result of three wars (1870-1871, 1914-1918, 1939-1945). Often, as a child, Robert Muller would look out of his window at the border he could not cross and long for the day when he, like the birds, the clouds, the sun and the stars, would no longer have to observe the imaginary line. Today, thanks to the dream and efforts of his compatriot Robert Schuman who similarly hated these borders, Robert Muller's passport reads, "European Union" with the subtitle France, and he is free to cross all western European borders.

Robert knew the horrors of World War II, of being a refugee, of Nazi occupation and imprisonment. During the war he was a member of the French Resistance. After the the war he returned home and earned a Doctorate of Law from the University of Strasbourg. In 1948 he entered and won an essay contest on how to govern the world, the prize of which was an internship at the newly created United Nations.

Robert devoted the next 40 years of his life behind the scenes at the United Nations focusing his energies on world peace. He rose through the ranks at the UN to the official position of Assistant-Secretary-General. He has been called the "Philosopher" and the "Prophet of Hope" of the United Nations. Robert Muller is a deeply spiritual person. From his vantage point of a top level global states-person, he has seen a strong connection between spirituality and the political/cultural scene

Robert Muller created a "World Core Curriculum" and is known throughout the world as the "Father of Global Education." There are 38 Robert Muller schools around the world with more being established each year. The World Core Curriculum earned him the UNESCO Peace Education Prize in 1989. Based on this curriculum and his devotion to good causes, Dr. Muller has recently drawn up a "Framework for Planetary and Cosmic Consciousness" and a "Framework for the Cosmic and Planetary Role of Art and Culture."

Now in active "retirement," Dr. Muller is Chancellor Emeritus of the University for Peace created by the United Nations in demilitarized Costa Rica. He is in great demand to make speeches to educational, environmental, spiritual and political conferences around the world. Dr. Muller concentrates his efforts on promoting greater human understanding and global awareness. He was recently the recipient of the Albert Schweitzer International Prize for the Humanities and the Eleanor Roosevelt Man of Vision Award.

Dr. Muller lives at his small farm overlooking the University of Peace, on a sacred indigenous hill, Mt. Rasur, from which according to indigenous prophecy, a civilization of peace will extend to the entire world. His traditional Costa Rican house is located just up the hill from the Peace Monument of the University. In addition to his duties at the University, he devotes time to his writings and is an internationally acclaimed, multi-lingual speaker and author of fourteen books published in various languages. He has published his Testament to the UN as well as his ideas and dreams for a peaceful, happy world.

~ Idea 906 ~
"It will not be easy to turn the clock in favor of the Earth instead of power, business, armaments, militarism, wealth, glory, materialism and consumerism. Why are so few leaders aware that we must absolutely change our values, abandon wrong ones from the past, and think about the long-term fate and evolution of the Earth and humanity?"

~ Idea 611 ~
(my 73rd birthday)

"We need a world association of radical thinkers, innovators and activists. The United Nations and its agencies and world conferences have done a wonderful job for peace and a better world and in warning humanity of impending perils such as the population explosion, the environment, the climate issue, etc. But progress achieved and implementation of its decisions are much too slow. If we let things continue at the present rate it will end in disaster, possibly the end of all life on this planet.

"Audacious thinkers are accused for their extremism or exaggeration. But they might be much more realistic and needed than the diplomats and accommodators who might become the undertakers of this planet and of the human species. I have opened a file with the first names of good radicals: Jacques Cousteau* for the seas and oceans, General Lee Butler (US) and Helen Caldicott (Australia) for the total elimination of atomic weapons, Ralph Nader, the consumers advocate, Selma Brackman of the War and Peace Foundation who asks for the total elimination, not only of nuclear weapons but also of all nuclear energy plants, Garry Davis of World Citizens, Oscar Arias, the Nobel Prize winner who labors for the demilitarization of the planet, and myself who clamors for a proper Earth government. Please, other radicals, send me your name, cause and address."

*Alas deceased later during the year.

5000 Ideas & Dreams for a Better World,
by Robert Muller

Highlights and Awards Received by Dr. Robert Muller
( as of May 2003)

(several Dr. honoris causa not recorded)

1944:
Doctorate of Law, summa cum laude, University of Strasbourg, France

1946:
Winner of the national essay contest award on world government by the French Association for the United Nations

1947:
Winner of a UN Internship in Geneva, Switzerland

1948:
Winner of a UN internship at the United Nations in Lake Success and hired by the UN in the professional category

1960’s:
Artisan of the creation of the UN Development Program and appointed Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Council

1970’s:
Appointed Assistant Secretary General and direct collaborator of three Secretaries General until his retirement in 1986

1974:
Sea Citizen Award by the Sea Citizens Organization, USA

1975:
Doctor honoris causa in Human Letters, University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

1978:
Published his first book, Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness, (Doubleday) followed by many othersChancellor Emeritus &

1982:
HIghest award from the Hopi Indians for having opened the door of the United Nations (the House of Mica) to their elders to deliver a prophecy concerning the future of the world. Award consisted of a feather from the top of the head of an eagle, i.e. closest to the Great Spirit. Received also the name of Kogyun Deyo, Spider Boy, with the task of making a vast spider web to catch in it all evil on Earth, and then throw it far away into the universe (task still uncompleted as of this date!)

1983:
John Roger Foundation International Integrity Award

Erkman-Chatnan Literary Prize for his international novel Sima, Mon Amour, France

1984:
His book New Genesis, Shaping a Global Spirituality, received the World Gratitude Prize of the Thanksgiving Foundation in Dallas, Texas

1985:
Teilhard de Chardin Prize, Visionaries of World Peace, Wassenaar, Holland

Distinguished Recognition Award of the World Education Congress, San Francisco

First World Citizen Award, 1985 UN Medal of Peace, by the Communications Coordination Committee of NGO’s for the UN

Organized the 40th Anniversary of the UN, and was instrwnental in inviting Pope John Paul II to visit and address the General Assembly of the UN (re ceived Golden Cross Award)

1986:
Appointed by the Council (the governing body) of the University for Peace, in Costa Rica, as the University’s one-dollar-a-year Chancellor three days before his retirement from the United Nations

Grand Officier du Mérite Diplomatique de l’Institut des Relations diplomatiques, European Community, Belgium

Honorary Doctor of Humanities, Allentown College of St. Francis of Sales. USA

World Peace Award of the World Federalists of Canada

Veritas Medal of the Dominican College of Blauveld, USA

First Distinguished Service Award of the Pax Romana Foundation, USA

Zamenhof Award of the Universal Esperanto Association, Holland

1987:
Distinguished Service Award of the United Nations Associations of the USA•

1988:
Honorary Doctor of Humanities, United Church of Religious Science, Los Angeles, USA

Distinguished Service Award of the World Association of former United Nations Interns and Fellows

United Nations Golden Balloon Award of the World Children’s Day Foundation, Washington, DC, USA

Doctor of Divine Wisdom, The New Seminary Institute for Personal Religion, New York, USA

1989:
UNESCO Peace Education Prize for his World Core Curriculum and Robert Muller Schools

1990:
Music Therapist For Peace Award, New York, USA

Humanitarian Award of the International New Thought Alliance, USA

1992:
Faithkeeper Award of the US National Thanksgiving Commission Muller, Awards

Peace Ambassador Award by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, USA

New World Academy Luminary, New World Academy, London, England

Recognition for contribution in the fight for a better world by the Acción Medica Cristiana de Managua, 3 November 1992

Invited to address the second UN Conference on the Environment in Rio de Janeiro

Appointed to the Costa Rica committee preparing for the Golden Anniversary of the United Nations

1993:
Tree planted in Costa Rica in honor of Robert Muller by Pax World Services, USA

Awarded the Albert Schweitzer International Prize for the Humanities

1994:
Eleanor Roosevelt Man of Vision Award

Fullerton College, Orange County, California, International Scholar Award

1995:
Awarded the 50th Anniversary Christopher’s Prize, USA

During the fiftieth anniversary of the UN in San Francisco, received certificate of deep affection and appreciation for his inspiration and dreams as Chairman of the first World People’s Assembly

Poverello Award of Mt. St. Clare College, Clinton, Iowa USA

Citizen of Planet Earth, by Citizens of Planet Earth Corporation, USA

Recognition for contribution to youth at the United Nations, being a vital cause, by Children of the Earth, UNICEF and the Bahai Community of Costa Rica

1996:
At the prompting of many of his friends, admirers and non-governmental organizations Robert Muller was candidate as a world citizen for the post of Secretary General of the United Nations

Minister of Divine Wisdom, Interfaith Seminary, USA

1997:
Sewa Chakra Award to Purushottam Robert Muller by the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines

1998:
Certification of Appreciation by the Global Elementary Model United Nations, Dallas, Texas, USA

Global Understanding and World Peace Award by the Milwaukee Journal of Education Corporation~ USA

Appointed co-chainnan, with Dr. Karan Singh, (India) of a World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality

1999:
Honor Certificate to Robert Muller for his contribution to humanity by the Cumbre Mundial sobre la Paz y el Tiempo at the University for Peace

Honored as Life Member of the Association of Former International Civil Servants, United Nations

2000:
Light of God Expressing Award for Service beyond the Unity Movement by the Association of Unity Churches

The Global Peoples’ Assembly in Samoa in April 2000 honored him as Lifelong President of the Global Peoples’ Assembly

2001:
Heart of Humanity Award with his wife Barbara by the Regional Peoples’ Assembly

2002:
2002 World Citizenship Award by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in Santa Barbara, California. Letter of corgratulat±on by Presdident Carter

University of Denver Award to Robert Muller in recognition for his struggle and thinking for the prommotion of UNIVERSAL PEACE

2003:
The GOI Peace Award 2003 by the GOI Peace Foundation in Tokyo (one million yen)

Dr. Muller has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Price 23 times. Those of us who cherish all that’s decent and fair for our human experience pray that he will be bestowed this greatest of honor in the very near future. We love you, Robert.

MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH

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